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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 146. 64.05.24b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1864-05-24 [64.05.24b]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/64-05-24b>, accessed April 19, 2025

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MS annotation by Bentham: 'A. [leuco]sperma = suberosa from Glenelg A.[Tumida] one from Rockhampton with [a]terete fruit may be A. [leptostachya] If so it has the fs of A [holo]carpa.'
24/5/64.
My dear Mr Bentham
I feel obliged for the interesting communications conveyed in your letter of 25 March,
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G. Bentham to M, 25 March 1864 (in this edition as 64-03-25b).
and am glad to learn that you are making such rapid progress with the
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for the Australian flora.
I was misled by Lindleys vegetable kingdom
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Lindley (1847).
when substituting an other name for
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M believed, on the authority of Lindley (1847), p. 614 that an earlier genus
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(Griesebach) already existed, so replaced Robert Brown’s genus by Petalogyne (B56.11.01, p. 324). Lindley had misspelled Griesebach’s 'Petasostylis'. M’s action suggests that he had taken Lindley’s book with him on the North Australian Exploring Expedition, 1855-6, because B56.11.01 is part of his letter to W. Hooker, 18 June 1856, written from the Victoria River.
I enclose a few Leguminous plants received since I last wrote and which are adding a few species or localities to your material.
With Kind regards
I remain
Yr
Ferd Mueller.
George Bentham Esq
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